With Tesla set to report its second-quarter results after Wednesday’s stock market close, all eyes are going to be on what the electric carmaker says about its vehicle production levels.

And in order to maintain its goal of producing 5,000 Model 3 cars a week, in particular, Tesla is said to have brought in employees from other areas outside of its Fremont manufacturing plant, including some from service centers and its Nevada Gigafactory, to keep the assembly lines running.

However, such moves have resulted in reports of Tesla customers experiencing longer-than-usual delays in getting their cars serviced and strains on other areas of the company’s operations.

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CNBC originally reported that Tesla has been flying in employees from outside of California, and putting those workers up in hotels as a sign that the company plans on keeping such workers around for more than just a few days. The impetus for the moves is said to be Tesla’s need to maintain a production level of 5,000 Model 3 cars a week, which the company has said will be crucial to its plans to remain consistently profitable.

In early July, Tesla said it met its goal of producing 5,000 Model 3 cars in a week, when it rolled 5,031 such vehicles off its assembly lines during the last week of June.

A Tesla spokesperson said that bringing in employees from outside of Fremont to work on the production and delivery lines is nothing new for the company, and that any employees who help out in such a manner do so on a voluntary basis.

Tesla, which has about 10,000 employees in Fremont, also said it doesn’t encourage employees to volunteer for such work if it would cause delays or interference with other company operations.

“We’ve historically encouraged employees from around the company who want to assist in delivering vehicles or helping out in the factory towards the end of the quarter,” said the Tesla spokesperson. “This is purely voluntary and intended to help give employees in different departments a firsthand look at what goes into building and delivering our vehicles.”

The Tesla spokesperson also said that bringing in volunteers to Fremont “has never had a major impact on production and employees are only put in roles that are appropriate for their skills and abilities.”

Tesla shares were down 0.4 percent, at $296.95, ahead of the company’s earnings report. Analysts surveyed by FactSet estimate Tesla will report a loss, excluding one-time items, of $2.88 a share, on revenue of $3.99 billion. During the second quarter of 2017, Tesla lost $1.33 a share, on sales of $2.79 billion.

Rex Crum is the senior web editor for the business section for The Mercury News and Bay Area News Group. He also writes about business and technology for the publications' print and web editions, and has covered business and technology for nearly two decades. A native of Seattle, he remains a diehard Seahawks and Mariners fan and is imparting his fandom to his Oakland-native wife and two young daughters.

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